Paper-hanger s bench-horse



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0. J. BURGEDAHL.

PAPER HANGERS BENCH HORSE. No. 551,072. Pat-ented'Deo. 10, 1895.

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CHARLES JOHAN BURGEDAI-IL, OF BROOKLYN, NEVYORK.

PAPER-HANGERS BENCH-HORSE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 551,072, dated December10, 1895.

Application filed April 5, 1895. Serial No. 544,547. (N model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES J OHAN BURGE- DAHL, a subject of the King ofSweden and Norway, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kingsand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Paper-Hangers Bench-Horses, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention consists of an improved construction of folding horses forsupporting paper-hangers boards and other bench-tops, the object beingto provide for more simply and compactly folding them for storage'andconveyance, as hereinafter fully described, reference being made to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of myimproved horse set up for use. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same,and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the horse folded for storage or conveyance.

I provide two pairs of legs a b, pivoted to- I gether at the middle orthereabout, as at c, for

opening and closing in the manner of folding cross-legs, and connect thetwo legs to together at the top by a bolt d and the legs 6 by a bolt 6,with a slotted top bar f between the posts so connected and having thebolt 6 passing through its slot.

The bolt d is considerably longer than the combined thicknesses of thelegs a and the barf and has a nut-lever g screwing on its extensionoutside of one of the legs a. Near the lower ends of the legs b they areconnected by a knuckle-jointed strut h, which thrusts them, and the legsa also, apart at the lower ends when the strut is extended, as shown inFig. 2, to enlarge the base-support.

The legs I) are shorter above the pivots 0 than the legs a to enable theupper ends to fold inside of the bolt d and lie in the plane of legsafor compactness when folded. They are also made correspondingly shorterbelow said pivots than legs a to support the bar f in a level plane.

To adjust the device for folding, the strut is bent up on the joint 11and the lever-nut g is turned back, as in Fig. 3, permitting the legs tobe parted alittle more above and closed together below the pivots 0.Then the legs are folded together on the pivots c, the bolt 6 beingshifted along the slot of the bar f into close proximity to bolt cl, andsaid bar is laid between legs 1), which then lie between legs a, allclose together in one plane, making a symmetrical bundle of such smallsize and lightness that the two horses for supporting the board on whichthe paper strips are laid for pasting may be placed along with the boardand tied thereto, so as to be conveniently carried by hand.

I claim-- The combination in a bench horse of the two pairs of legs a-b,pivoted together at their middle or thereabout, the slotted bar jointedat one end between the upper ends of legs C6, by the coupling bolt d,and positivelyjointed between the upper ends of legs I) by a pivot boltextending through the slot, and the knuckle jointed strut coupling legsbb,below the middle joints 0, said legs b being shorter than legs a tofold inside of the extension coupling bolt substantially as described. I

Signed at New York city, in the county and State of New York, this 19thday of March, A. D. 1895. l

CHARLES JOI IAN BURGED}\}ITI- Witnesses:

W. J. MORGAN, S. H. MORGAN.

